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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Forward Referencing of Static Variables OK?
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 00:19:44 EDT
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> From the way I read K&R, the "static" keyword is redundant, unless
> it is inside a function.  In other words, "static int thing;" is
> equivalent to "int thing;" unless the declaration takes place inside
> a function.  (Any comment on that??)

Yup.  How about "wrong"?  11.2 "Scope of externals":

	Identifiers declared "static" at the top level in external
	definitions are not visible in other files.

And identifiers not so declared *are* visible in other files...

	Guy Harris